Area residents arraigned on assault charges

Two local residents were arraigned on charges of assault on Thursday at the Kenai Courthouse. Jeffrey Ackerman, of Soldotna, and Tanya Carter, of Kenai, were… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion The Kenai Boys and Girls Club clubhouse serves breakfast, lunch and a snack Monday through Friday during the week to all children in the community 18 years or under through the Summer Food Service Program for Children, Tuesday, June 30, 2015, in Kenai, Alaska.

Boys and Girls club funding requests illuminate needs

The Kenai Peninsula Boys and Girls Clubs were denied two critical, capital project-funding requests during this year’s legislative session that would have improved and stabilized… Continue reading

  • Jun 30, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion The Kenai Boys and Girls Club clubhouse serves breakfast, lunch and a snack Monday through Friday during the week to all children in the community 18 years or under through the Summer Food Service Program for Children, Tuesday, June 30, 2015, in Kenai, Alaska.

State and federal agencies provide comment on HEA hydroelectric project

A set of environmental, recreational, and engineering studies supporting the Grant Lake hydroelectric project is missing necessary information, according to comments made by the Federal… Continue reading

Fishing report: Good time to chase rainbows

With king salmon fishing slow and a lull in the numbers of sockeye moving into the Kenai River, now might be a good time to… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  A freshly caught grayling on Crescent Lake on June 16, 2015 in the Kenai Mountains. Guides say that has the lake water heats up, so does the grayling fishing.

Hungry grayling await ambitious anglers

Few things are as rewarding for a beginning fly fisherman than a forgiving fish that will bite at just about anything. For those willing to… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  A freshly caught grayling on Crescent Lake on June 16, 2015 in the Kenai Mountains. Guides say that has the lake water heats up, so does the grayling fishing.
Photo courtesy Furie Operating Alaska The first production platform to be installed in Cook Inlet since the mid-1980s arrived in Kachemak Bay last September. The Furie Operating Alaska platform was completed in Ingleside, Texas, last summer, and began its journey from Corpus Christi to Alaska through the Gulf of Mexico and the Panama Canal on June 4, 2014.

Furie nears first production from Kitchen Lights field

Furie Operating Alaska will begin producing natural gas in November from a newly installed production platform at its Kitchen Lights gas discovery in Cook Inlet,… Continue reading

  • Jul 8, 2015
  • By Tim Bradner
Photo courtesy Furie Operating Alaska The first production platform to be installed in Cook Inlet since the mid-1980s arrived in Kachemak Bay last September. The Furie Operating Alaska platform was completed in Ingleside, Texas, last summer, and began its journey from Corpus Christi to Alaska through the Gulf of Mexico and the Panama Canal on June 4, 2014.
Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  In this July 20, 2013 file photo, several thousand dipnetters converge on the mouth of the Kenai River to catch a share of the late run of sockeye salmon headed into the river  in Kenai. The city of Kenai is preparing to handle the influx of people for the fishery, which opens Friday.

Law enforcement prepares for dipnet season

The personal use salmon dipnetting open season begins Friday which means the Kenai beaches will be swarming with fishermen from around the state. To combat… Continue reading

Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  In this July 20, 2013 file photo, several thousand dipnetters converge on the mouth of the Kenai River to catch a share of the late run of sockeye salmon headed into the river  in Kenai. The city of Kenai is preparing to handle the influx of people for the fishery, which opens Friday.
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Ted Stille, of Eagle River, puts a newly caught sockeye into a bucket while dipnetting at about 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday July 7, 2015 at the mouth of the Kasilof River in Kasilof, Alaska.
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Ted Stille, of Eagle River, puts a newly caught sockeye into a bucket while dipnetting at about 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday July 7, 2015 at the mouth of the Kasilof River in Kasilof, Alaska.

Borough’s anadromous streams protections survive another challenge

When it’s all tallied up, members of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly spent well over 6 hours listening to testimony on an ordinance that would… Continue reading

  • Jul 8, 2015
  • By Rashah McChesney

Remains found near Sterling identified

The remains of Soldotna resident James Beaver have been positively identified, according to an Alaska State Trooper dispatch.Beaver, whose remains were found by a fire… Continue reading

Federal subsistence board says no kings for Kenai River gillnet

The upcoming subsistence gillnet fishery on the Kenai River can target sockeye, but kings are off limits. An emergency Special Action of the Federal Subsistence… Continue reading

  • Jul 8, 2015
  • By DJ SUMMERS

Nikiski man assaults brother, sentenced

A Nikiski man charged with the assault of his brother, criminal mischief and resisting arrest was sentenced to jail time and anger management by District… Continue reading

School board OKs budget revision

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Board of Education approved a revision that would add just less than $107.9 million in expenditures to the fiscal year 2015… Continue reading

  • Jul 6, 2015
  • By By KELLY SULLIVAN
Maureen Hensley, of Kenai, uses her spare time to paint a mural on the windows of Green Rush Events Clubhouse on Saturday in Kenai. Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion

Planting the seed

Editor's Note: This story has been changed to correct the hours of operation for Green Rush Events Clubhouse in Kenai.   Two local marijuana clubhouse… Continue reading

Maureen Hensley, of Kenai, uses her spare time to paint a mural on the windows of Green Rush Events Clubhouse on Saturday in Kenai. Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion

School board considers fund balance minimum

The Board of Education is looking to establish a minimum general fund balance for the first time. A 3 percent bottom has been proposed for… Continue reading

  • Jul 7, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Karl Kircher and Steven Bishop pitch setnet caught fish from a skiff near the mouth of the Kasilof River at 1 a.m. Thursday morning during an overnight commercial fishing period in Kasilof, Alaska.

Drifters, setnetters to fish at Kasilof River mouth

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game on Tuesday announced the season’s first commercial salmon fishing opening in a special harvest area at the mouth… Continue reading

  • Jul 7, 2015
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Karl Kircher and Steven Bishop pitch setnet caught fish from a skiff near the mouth of the Kasilof River at 1 a.m. Thursday morning during an overnight commercial fishing period in Kasilof, Alaska.

Burn ban lifted for refuge

The open burn restriction throughout the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge has been lifted.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service canceled the restriction after rain and cooler… Continue reading

Review: Workload, staffing had impact at Wasilla VA clinic

JUNEAU — High workloads and inadequate staffing had a negative effect on access to care at the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Wasilla, an… Continue reading

  • Jul 7, 2015
  • By Becky Bohrer

School board finalizes budget

On Monday, the Kenai Peninsula School District Board of Education finalized the operating budget for the fiscal year 2016 — which began on July 1… Continue reading

  • Jul 7, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Business news

Chambers set schedules ■ The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce meets today at noon at the new Kenai National Wildlife Refuge visitor center on Ski Hill… Continue reading

  • Jul 6, 2015